Not only do early marriages limit girls’ access to education, but they also endanger their health. The leading cause of death for women 15 to 19 years old in developing countries is pregnancy and childbirth complications. Girls younger than 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s.
On April 9, 2012, the New York Times published an article about the strides women are making in Bangladesh . . . Despite the obstacles, Bangladesh has three percent more women in elected positions than the United States. In addition, it has had female heads of state for decades — an advancement the U.S. has not been able to make during its 200-plus years of independence.
The Huffington Post interviews photographer Indrani on her work on the video campaign The Girl Epidemic, which is “set in the slums of India” and “uses jarring footage of a social reality in which girls are treated as an infectious disease.”
Petula Dvorak writes in The Washington Post: “‘All across the globe, our stories are the same,’ said Berline Vaita, the Kenyan abuse survivor who was attending the World Conference of Women’s Shelters at National Harbor on Monday.”
Associated Press: “A report given to a high-level advisory group in Saudi Arabia claims that allowing women in the kingdom to drive could encourage premarital sex, a rights activist said Saturday.”
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